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The gun goes boom when it is not supposed togo boom. What is it? Accidental or negligent?
Short of a real freaky parts failure Dave . i'd still say ''negligence'' ... because of poor maintainance!!If a gun goes off, on it's own, without the trigger being pulled, it's an accident.
Porter Glockmans relating of a sad incident two days ago highlighted this .... a forensic (I think) or ballistics guy who shot himslef with a rifle.
Aha tho ...... allow me one more pedantic moment!! No, sure ...... not ME having an AD .. but re the culpability factor (which may or may not be seen as negligence) ..... if the weapon was unsecured/loaded .. whatever, such that said child COULD get hands on it and create potential mayhem ..... who is responsible? I would be, even if several states away. Simply because I should have taken pains to not be negligent with my safety proceedures etc.So, I suppose a gun firing when an untrained child gets ahold of it is an accident attributable to the negligence of somebody else. If that's you, and you're 4 states away at the time, would you say YOU had a negligent discharge?
hahahaha! That made my day!like maybe a squirrel getting in through the sunroof of your SUV where you locked up your loaded and ready to fire guns and it manages to fire one while grubbing around for something to eat
If it was foreseeable, it's negligent, thus an ND. If it wasn't foreseeble, it's an AD.